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It's quite sad that landlords are aloud to just walk into renters homes absent permission or any notification. Yell and scream at tenants scaring infants, ignore any pleed to get out. Bring strangers into your home during Covid 19 restrictions. Not Brandon Police or Brandon Tenancy will do anything about it. And instead of an apology I get evicted due to half rent being late during covid 19. Hope my family survives. With no place to go.

It’s not the landlords job to house you for free or continue to accept late rent constantly.  
If tenancy board isn’t doing anything it’s because there’s full reason to evict you so they can’t help.  
It sucks but it is what it is, best of luck finding a better place suitable for your family.

You must have been making partial payments for more than a month for that to happen. Speaking as a landlord I’ve tried to be fair with my tenants during the pandemic taking part payment then they make it up over following months. But I also know that no breaks are given to us for maintenance costs, hydro, gas, taxes, etc and costs climb quickly. The Residential Tenancies Branch policies are totally leaning in favor of the tenants so if they aren’t backing you up there must be much more to the story.

If the banks accepted excuses perhaps landlords would also. The reality is bills need to get paid.

Must be a landlord, only another landlord would defend home invasion

You must me a landlord. Only another landlord would defend home invasion. Oh there's lots more to the story. Failure to repair anything in over a yr. Not to mention Vermin invention, Black mold, fire hazards (unsafe plug ins) but yup just focus on half the rent coming in a week late. This is what amazes me. No one's about the safety of people just the all mighty dolor

As others have mentioned the Manitoba tenancy branch leans heavily towards tenants. This is true in almost every situation except late rent. If you are getting evicted for late rent the landlord needs to issue notice and you have an opportunity to pay up. If you pay you stay.  
 
The assumption one has to make here is you are either a habitually late tenant paying rent late atleast 3 times in the previous 6 months I believe. Or you did not pay the rent when it was due and still did not pay rent when you were issued notice of eviction for failure to pay.  
 
 
Again the reality is the landlord needs to pay a mortgage and bills, if you don't pay your rent the potential is the landlord could lose the house to the bank.  
 
If the tenancy branch is not helping you out the other reality is your claims are not justified and you are a deadbeat tenant.

No. But it is his job to fix black mold, fix vermin problems he cause leaving basement windows open for weeks, it is his job fix unsafe and illegal plug in that do not pass safety regulations by fire department. I paid rent as it says it was late. On one month. For there is no write agreement when rent had to be paid. By there own words as long as it fully paid by the 15th. As it always was.

Rent was paid. Every month. While we lived with black mold he refused to clean, vermin (mice) he caused by leaving basement window open for weeks, unsafe plugs that are not safety regulation by fire department. But ya I'm the dead beat tenant. This is the superiority I'm talking about right here. Calling me a dead beat tenant for expecting to have rights and defending my family. Tenancy don't care about any of those complaints or do anything about them.

While home invasion is scary for your family and unfortunate if what you say is true then you probably are better off out of there and hopefully you can find somewhere better , fact is your landlord owns the property period.  
We can only read your comments here and there are two sides to every story. Unfortunately venting at people here won’t help your case. If you think you are in the right then you could hire a lawyer but I doubt it will get you any where, better to just move on . Good luck.

is probably where youre problem lies, if I read your words correctly.  
"For there is no write agreement when rent had to be paid. By there own words as long as it fully paid by the 15th. As it always was. "  
I take this as meaning you had no tenancy agreement in writing. Therefore you are at the whim of the landlord. Manitoba tenancy are unable to assist as you had no written agreement.  
I'd suggest that when you do find a new place you insist on a written agreement as provided for on the Manotoba Tenancy site. This protects both you and the landlord, if they will not give you a proper written agreement look elsewhere.  
Here is a link to the webpage.  
https://www.gov.mb.ca/cca/rtb/index.html

It IS your landlords job to repair unsafe and all conditions which have fallen into disrepair. Trust no one. You need to take photos of the issues and keep all emails you send the property owner requesting repairs, every one. Once you’ve got a collection together you would present it to the Residential Tenancies Branch and they would have a hearing if it goes that far. From what you’re saying of your Landlord it sounds like he may push the limits on all of the enforcements RTB might table. It’s a hard lesson to learn but if you reached out to RTB or visit their website regarding your alleged slumlord they should have gone over the process in having these deficiencies resolved. As far as the eviction I would assume your landlord used your rent issue as an excuse to legitimately get rid of a tenant who was trying to hold him accountable for not maintaining his property. The RTB policies are skewed inn favor of the tenant but you need to know the policies and how to work them.

Just a thought, but u could have closed the basement windows to help some

"Oh there's lots more to the story. Failure to repair anything in over a yr. Not to mention Vermin invention, Black mold, fire hazards (unsafe plug ins)."  
 
Was the Tenancy Board made aware of this before the rental situation? Also, I believe a landlord cannot enter your apartment without giving you notice, so you may want to bring that up. Not sure how much effect it may have now that you're post-eviction, but you should try.

If there is surface mold in your apartment then it is up to you to clean that! If it is from a leak in the apartment then it is up to the landlord!  
Keeping a place clean and healthy is the responsibility of the tenant!  
If all of these issues were so bad and going on for a long time then why didn't you report them at the time and not after you failed to pay rent and get evicted?

I was told over and over again that damages would be repaired. But never was. I did report it. And was in writing and still ignored. And still no one cares about home invasion. Just "Pay rent"

No I could not. I was denied access to basement.

Don’t pay your rent on time? Mortgage can’t be paid on time. Missed mortgage payment extra fees. Those extra fees take away from repair budget. It’s a chain reaction, who wants a snowball turning into an avalanche? You’re not happy there so take it as an opportunity to leave and find a better place?

! landlords cannot just come into your apartment unannounced and without prior written intention to do so. Even if it is to fix things! notice has to be given and a time set. Evictions also have to be in written form with a date and time of eviction, usually one month time. If evicted due to not paying rent they do not have to, and most likely not return your damage deposit! if evicted persons are still occupying residence at or beyond time described on eviction notice the police will most likely be involved removing tenants. I don't think we are getting the whole story here If he came into your house yelling and that was his way of telling you your evicted then he's in the wrong but if you got a written notification well your out of luck Believe me if he was not doing things right the renters board would know about it.

No my rent was paid when landlord stormed in. And landlord never gives notice when they came over and that was told to Tenancy. Was never given notice to come in. And never repaired anything from loose hanging plug ins, literally just dangling in the wall. And Tenancy does nothing about it. Nor the mold or Vermin. This a problem going on for over a year. If this is hard for you to believe, imagine how I feel with kids being evicted.

Get out of there. It will not get better.

Sorry to hear you were treated that way. Try to look on the bright side, that doesn't sound like a place anyone would want to live and that landlord sounds like someone you are better off not having in your life

I've had my fair share of troubling tenants. One sign of one is that they always rally up sympathy from others without revealing specific events that happened when they were in error or exaggerating the truth. Truth be known, almost all landlords right now don't want to get rid of their tenants, unless they are causing them headaches or loosing money by non-payment or excessive damage. This has been a tight couple of years for the "little guy" landlords. New buildings with fancy units are springing up everywhere by the major players with offers of free rent with a two year sign up. The constant crush of rising overhead costs of utilities, taxes, building materials and labour making inflation outpace the ceased and stagnated income with the meddling of rent control from the Tenancies Branch. And of course, the Pandemic. The past year and a half has been hell for many smalltime landlords with new "temporary protective" eviction regulations/procedures by the Feds, more late payments, longer vacancy times with fewer (or if any acceptable/credible) applicants and the increasing numbers of "skipped outs" where tenants just move out without notice or forwarding information (until they go through the rentalsmen, seeking for their security deposit *sarcastic truth* ). So when a rare event like a landlord actually gets the " Tenancies blessing " of an eviction to happen... I know it's for serious reasons that has not been said ( yet ) in this discussion.  
 
Vermin and mold? Yes, that's usually a sign or result of neglect. But by whom? That's a tricky one. Many bad tenants hide behind the rights and privacy laws/bylaws and abuse them at it's fullest extent. I had my battles with that many times. Often, they refuse entry until I can provide legal reasons (like the annual fire/smoke detector inspection) only for them to continue hiding inside and not reply to calls/texts/email/letters/posted bulletins or simply knocking on the door. Yeah, I completely understand why landlords would let themselves in when tenants hide inside and "play possum" for weeks on end. It's called a vacancy or an condition check after when all means of communications fail with the tenant. So, because of the tenants neglect and reluctance/resistance to allow entry, the landlord is often blamed for the poor living conditions of the unit even though they were never informed of any problems until the Tenancies Branch gets involved. Yeah, I've had that happened once too many times.  
 
In all of my time, I never encountered or heard of an tale where both the Rentalsmen and the landlord were both in the wrong. PAULSAPHER, I can't believe your story. You've created a situation brought on by you that has been proven by the landlord to the Residential Tenancies Branch and a judgement made of your actions/inactions that resulted an eviction order. Stop playing the victim. The real victim is the landlord and this has already been proven by the law. We, as landlords, already know that your landlord is not finished being a victim. There's the clean-up and repairs, the vacancy time that will occur and probably that landlord will "eat all those cost" (even when there's a payment order set against you) as direct result from your bad habits & lifestyle and most likely of your financial irresponsibility before/after moving out. And even if anything of what you've said is true.... Why would you want to remain there? You've made it clearly that the living conditions are unsatisfactory and the terrible landlord is against you in continuing to live there. The vacancy rate is wide open here in town, so what gives? Was it the rent rate, the location, or the landlords certain flexibility that you took advantage on ? ...or was it the fact that you're now inconvenienced by being forced out?  
 
Just move on and don't cause yourself or the landlord any more grief, if you are the better person.  
 
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

wI can't believe you say there was no agreement about when rent was due. If it is monthly, rent is due by the end of the month or as you say the 15th.  
 
Can't believe you that it was only one time you were late paying the rent (which you admit too). He won't have got an eviction notice for you.  
 
Covid-19 rules were tough on landlords as it allowed tenants to stay without paying their rent for months and no eviction notices were allowed. How do you expect them to pay the bills?  
 
If you had pictures and written proof, etc. that repairs weren't being done plus pictures showing your apartment was always clean and taken care of; you need to approach that problem long before it even came to this.  
 
Think of Hydro if you had to pay it on top of your rent. If you missed hydro payments, they would be after you so fast it would make your head spin.  
 
People have to take responsibility for their own actions.  
 
As to screaming landlord, if you had the money to pay him, why didn't you just give it to him before. And I personally can't believe you just stood there like an angel and didn't scream back.  
 
just my thoughts.

Rent is...and was paid.

You can't believe it, imagine how I feel being treated like this. Easy for you to say move on. It was not your toddlers getting scared by invading intruders. As I said when the rent was paid. Every month except for one due to failure to take rent. As I said everything I've said in the past is correct and I do have proof. So matter not what u believe at this point. Only what can be proven. As I have lots

Landlord and Tenant Boards literally ALWAYS side with the tenant, tenants get away with everything. Even claiming squatters rights as a reason to not vacate. If they aren't doing anything to help you, its because you are very much in the wrong. Instead of complaining on EBrandon, get out and find a new place to live for your young family.  
 
Surface mold? - that's a tenant issue for not keeping the place clean.  
 
bugs/rodents - usually a tenant problem again from not cleaning and leaving food out.  
 
Coming inside your place - they only need to give 24hrs notice, they don't need to ask permission, they just need to tell you.  
 
If the place is in such bad shape and you really did nothing wrong, I am not sure why you would stay in the first place.....

did you actually have a proper written tenancy agreement as I see my comment above did not get answered.

Paulsapher I sent a pm

I'm not in the rental market, but for every complaint I've heard lodged by a tenant about a landlord, I've probably heard 5 horror stories by landlords about nightmare tenants, I've even seen a few first hand that scared me away from ever contemplating renting.  
 
I assume most people are in the same boat, hence the lack of sympathy for you on here.